Bearded vulture Adonis, the great traveler, is back in the Grands Causses!

Adonis – the great traveler, is back home – it has been seen in the Grands Causses, where it was released in 2014 as part of the reintroduction project there – now managed under the LIFE GYPCONNECT project. […]

December 11th, 2017 | Category: bearded Vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Reintroduction, Vulture Conservation Foundation | Comments are closed

First release of critically endangered captive-bred vultures in Nepal

Releasing captive-bred endangered vultures for reintroduction and restocking is now a common conservation tool in Europe – the VCF has been coordinating several successful bearded vulture reintroduction projects based on releases of captive-bred birds from our captive-breeding network. We have also been supporting black vulture reintroduction projects in France, in which […]

December 1st, 2017 | Category: raptor captive breeding, reintroduction, Vulture Conservation Foundation | Comments are closed

24 griffon Vultures from Extremadura (Spain) on the way to Sardinia (Italy)

The Vulture Conservation Foundation is currently transporting a group of 24 Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) from Extremadura (Spain) to Sardinia, for a restocking project in Porto Conte Natural Park, funded by the EU LIFE fund.

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March 17th, 2017 | Category: griffon vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Reintroduction | Comments are closed

Tragic news from captive-bred Egyptian vultures Regina and Lom – both drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean

When Regina, and then Lom – two of the three captive bred Egyptian Vultures released this year in Bulgaria – crossed from Turkey to Cyprus on their migration south, our hearts sunk. We knew already that about 70% of all tagged wild nestlings from the Balkans ended up drowning in the Med in […]

September 23rd, 2016 | Category: Egyptian vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Migration | Comments are closed

Bearded vultures released in the Baronnies – a new reintroduction site – finally fledged

 

Girun and Volcaire – two young bearded vultures bred in captivity within the VCF managed captive-breeding network – were placed in the hacking platform on the 3rd of June, as part of the reintroduction project in the Alps-Grands Causses, now managed under the LIFE GYPCONNECT project.

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July 19th, 2016 | Category: bearded Vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Reintroduction | Comments are closed

Black vulture in Mallorca – new record this breeding season with 25 eggs hatched – but some controversy over access to exclusion areas too

Serra de Tramuntana, Mallorca

Black vulture in Mallorca – new record this breeding season with 25 eggs hatched – but some controversy over access to exclusion areas too.

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July 19th, 2016 | Category: Black Vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Reintroduction | Comments are closed

Bearded vulture captive breeding for conservation – 2015 report published

Captive breeding has had a profound impact in returning the Bearded Vulture back into many former breeding locations throughout Europe

Now that the breeding season in the bearded vulture captive breeding network managed by the VCF has finished, we are also publishing the final results and report for last year´s. As […]

July 10th, 2016 | Category: bearded Vulture, raptor captive breeding, Vulture Conservation Foundation | Comments are closed